Hungry Hippo

Quick recap on the last couple of days.

Yesterday Britt did a lot of climbing stairs, and he did better than ever at it. He has the butt scoot down to a "T". He also went to another eye doctor appointment! Those poor eyes of his, we are trying to get that figured out. He also went home for a couple hours to do some more therapy, he crawled all around the house, practiced getting up our stairs and in and out of his bathroom and bed. I got to drive him home, just me and him in his truck. It was so fun, we jammed out to our favorite music and he remembered every word to all the old songs. He even rolled down the window and was doing the hand wave. hahha.

He came home today to shower and practice the stairs and crawling around again. they are going to start doing this more often to get him acquainted with our home again and how he is going to get around. He came back and did some more therapy, and worked on his speech like everyday!

My mom got him a helmet. hahahha. you should've seen her testing it out. Crawling around banging her head on the floor and against the walls. Oh, it was a sight let me tell you. She still doesn't think there is enough padding in it. He also has knee pads he wears when he crawls. So basically what I'm getting at here, is we have a new sk8r boi in down…aka tony hawk, you can catch him at your local skate park.

Lately every time his food arrives, he says…"feed me, I'm a hungry hungry hippo."

He sure knows how to put down food. There isn't a trace left on his plates after each meal. And he gets genuinely mad if we don't scrape every single last bit of it off and feed it to him. I say, "britt you are going to weigh 500 pounds by the time you get out of here." he relies with "Thats fine by me."

Today he was laying down and he said "mom, i need you to buy me some math flashcards." and my mom said, oh i have some in my purse. Then britt says, "what. who the heck carries flash cards in their purse?"

We worked on them for a long time. He was kind of struggling with a few of them, and he said, "man, i forgot everything." and started getting teary eyed, but i hurried and changed the subject and he was fine. But it kind of tugged at my heart strings. Can you imagine? 4+1 being a no brainer 5 months ago, and  now he had to sit and think about it for at least a couple of minutes. That would be so frustrating. But he is so positive and light hearted and just keeps on going! I love that about him.

THe last couple of days, watching my brother in therapy and at home, i have really noticed how much he has improved. He has so much more balance and strength. When he crawls around we don't have to hold our breath and stay a few inches from him incase he face plants…we can keep our distance and just watch him do his thing. He has gotten so much better at it. He can stand up and balance by himself for a solid 30 seconds, and he can kneel without falling over now. It really is so impressive. Things, that a week ago…we're still coming together…and they still are a little bit, but wow! So much improvement, even in just a week.

He is starting to piece together longer sentences and phrases and not just a couple of words, or one word answers. You can sit down and have an actual real conversation with him, and understand him fairly well.

Today we had some visitors, and they couldn't understand what he was saying, and of course I'm over here telling them…and he points to me and laughs and says "ask my translator"!

He is just the sweetest thing though. Always letting people know how thankful he is, always making sure they are happy and okay, always asking about how they are. My favorite is when we have visitors and he tells them "thank you for seeing me, it means a lot." or "thank you for visiting, and coming by" He is always complimenting people and  never passes by without waving and saying hi. And he is always doing "great!"

Such a champ.

Thank you for your love and prayers. And thank you for believing in my brother since day 1.